2018 Upfront

Happy New Year 2019: Cartoon Network Year 2018 In Review

Welcome to 2019 and Happy New Year!. Now that 2018 is over, it’s now the best time to look back and review Cartoon Network related events over the past 12 months. The list below is very lengthy, a lot has happened during 2018.

The list below also mentions new and exciting shows coming to Cartoon Network in 2019, with Infinity Train, Victor and Valentino and DC Super Hero Girls to name a few. Turner Europe has also contributed to Cartoon Network’s and Boomerang’s output, with a new co-production – Taffy and Cartoon Network Studios Europe’s Elliott From Earth. However, a date for Elliott From Earth in 2019 hasn’t been confirmed, but Taffy will premiere on Boomerang UK on Monday 7th January at 4.30pm.

Sorry that I haven’t been active on the blog during December, I haven’t been feeling well. 🙁 But, regardless, I’ve been active on Twitter, to stay up-to-date with the latest news, I recommend that you follow my Twitter account (@RegularTweetsUK).

All the dates below are the dates when the news was first reported (at least the first known source) from various sources, or the particular event in question happened on that day, not when it was written on the blog, however what’s listed below is listed on the blog or/and my Twitter account. Some dates are an approximation.

Last Thursday (27th September), Turner France held an upfront event featuring announcements about some upcoming new shows and new episodes coming soon to Cartoon Network France and Boomerang France, plus much more.

In late 2018/early 2019, shows on Turner France’s children’s channels will have a total of 55 new seasons, 32 new films and more than 1,000 new episodes. Cartoon Network is the number one channel for boys in France, and Boomerang is the number two channel for children aged between 4 to 10 years and 4-14 years old in France. As a whole, Turner France’s children’s channels (Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Boing and Toonami) are the second most popular group of kids channels in France and is the most popular among boys aged between 4 to 14 years old. Cartoon Network and Boomerang are in the top five kids channels in France overall and Toonami has achieved ten percent audience growth over the past year.

The new limited series from Cartoon Network – Apple and Onion will premiere on Cartoon Network France on Saturday 20th October. In the French dub, Apple and Onion are voiced by the French hip-hop duo – Bigflo et Oli.

Boomerang’s and Cyber Group Studios’ upcoming animated series – Taffy will now premiere in 2019, it was originally going to premiere in late 2018. The intro to the new show has been released ahead of the show’s premiere next year.

Boomerang’s Wacky Races will have a special section at Canal’s stand at this year’s (Mondial de l’Auto) Paris Motor Show, this year’s Paris Motor Show will be held between Thursday 4th and Sunday 14th October.

Other Turner France Animated Shows Info

The French dub of TBS’s Final Space will premiere on Warner TV in December, comedians Lecaplain Baptiste and William Coryn will be voice acting in the French version of the sci-fi adventure comedy series.

Boomerang USA’s Streaming App Announces Its Upfront For Its Second Year, New Scooby-Doo Series – Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? And New Flintstones Spinoff – Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs!

Today (23/05/2018), the Boomerang USA streaming service (owned by Turner and Warner Bros.) has released an upfront for new shows and features coming soon to the service. Today, Boomerang has announced two new shows based on two classic Hanna-Barbera animated franchises – Scooby-Doo and The Flintstones. The brand new Scooby-Doo series is called Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? and the new Flintstones series is a spinoff called Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs!. The Boomerang streaming service launched in the United States in April 2017 and is now in its second year. The service now has a huge animation library with classic programming from Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Network Studios, MGM and Warner Bros. Animation. The app also features new animated productions from Warner Bros. Animation. Boomerang users now have access to over 2,000 titles for streaming or download-to-go instantly. Throughout 2018 and beyond, Boomerang will continue to increase its content library.

New Original Series

Scooby Doo And Guess Who?

In the new Scooby-Doo series, Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, the Mystery Inc. gang will be welcoming new members as they’re faced with some of their toughest mysteries to date. Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo will be having some of the biggest names in celebrity and pop culture on their team, past and present, fictional and real. Celebrities that will be helping Scooby and the gang on their mysteries include NBA superstar Chris Paul, recording artists Halsey and Sia, Ricky Gervais, Kenan Thompson, Bill Nye, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Mark Hamill, Steve Urkel (voiced by Jaleel White) Batman, Sherlock Holmes, The Flash, Wonder Woman and many more! Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? is produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Chris Bailey (Kim Possible) serves as producer with Warner Bros. Animation president – Sam Register as executive producer. The series will premiere on the Boomerang app in the United States in 2019.

Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs!

Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm are back in The Flintstones spin-off series – Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs!. Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm-Bamm Rubble are two best friends growing up in prehistoric times back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. But Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm live in Bedrock, a peaceful and quiet town that is a stone-aged version of modern society, Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm and Dino want to go on an adventure outside Bedrock and head to the open wilderness that’s inhabited by dinosaurs and giant beasts. In the open wilderness, they meet and help new friends, meet and fight new enemies and learn lessons about life while going on crazy adventures. Meanwhile, Fred, Wilma, Barney and Betty still live in Bedrock and don’t know much about what Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm are getting up to. The brand new show is a quarter-hour comedy series produced by Mark Marek (MAD) and Marly Halpern-Graser (Right Now Kapow) with Sam Register as executive producer, the new show will premiere on the Boomerang app in the United States in 2019.

Acquisitions

In October 2017, Boomerang announced that it has acquired a new animated show that will be joining the streaming service – Wind in the Willows, based on the book of the same name written by British author – Kenneth Grahame. The new show will follow the riverside adventures of Mole, Rat and Toad. The new show was acquired from UK distributor HoHo Rights will be available exclusively in the U.S. on the Boomerang streaming service in 2019.

Returning Original Shows

Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. will continue their mystery solving adventures in Be Cool Scooby-Doo! with new episodes from season two during 2018. The supernatural vegetarian rabbit – Bunnicula will continue to have new episodes, new episodes from season two are currently being added to the Boomerang streaming service, season three will premiere in 2019. New episodes of the Tom and Jerry Show from season two will continue to premiere through 2018, season three has been greenlit and will come to Boomerang in 2019. Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz will start its second season with a Memorial Day movie special, season two episodes will continue to premiere into 2019. New Looney Tunes season two premiered earlier this year and new episodes will continue to be added to the service through 2019. Wacky Races has been renewed for a second season and will premiere later in 2018.

New Streaming Service Features

In addition to the three brand new shows coming to Boomerang as well as returning original shows, the Boomerang app will be having some new features. Starting from this Memorial Day Weekend (Saturday 26th to Monday 28th May), the Boomerang app will be fully localised in the Spanish language. Also coming soon to the streaming service are profiles and personalisation, families and individuals will have the ability to personalise their Boomerang account by the use of avatar creation and show discovery functionality. Users will also be able to create and share playlists featuring their favourite cartoons, the app will also have some new interactivity features, allowing users to interact with Boomerang’s infamous animated characters.

Starting from tomorrow (Thursday 24th May) on Roku, Amazon and Apple devices is Universal Search, which will allow Boomerang subscribers to find their favourite animated shows and characters a lot easier. Universal Search on Google will be available later this summer. Starting from this Memorial Day Weekend, the Boomerang app will be available on Android TV, with more platforms to come by the end of this year.

From The Turner USA Press Release: Boomerang Streams into Year Two with New Content, Product Features and More New Scooby-Doo Celebrity Team-Up Series and New Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Series Among Announcements. Renewed Original Series, Full Spanish Language and New Platforms Premiere This Memorial Day Weekend

As Boomerang streams into its second year, the premium video subscription service is revealing some of its new, 2018 offerings for kids, families and animation fans. Launched April 2017 with a renowned animation library of over 5,000 titles including the Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes franchises alongside original series, today the service unveiled multiple new and renewed original series, additional platform partners, and enhanced product features, including a fully translated Spanish experience premiering this Memorial Day Weekend, to expand its overall consumer experience.

Boomerang users now have access to over 2,000 titles for streaming or download-to-go instantly. Throughout 2018 and beyond, Boomerang will continue to increase its content offering with new and original titles, premiere episodes and more fan-favorite series to the service:

New Original Series:

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

The Mystery Inc. gang welcomes new members in the all-new series, Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?. From Warner Bros. Animation, Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? follows the grand tradition of Scooby-Doo team ups and takes the idea to hilarious new heights.

Jump into the Mystery Machine for all-new comedic mystery-solving adventures where the biggest mystery will be who’s teaming up with those “meddling kids” this week!

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? is produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Chris Bailey (Kim Possible) serves as producer with Sam Register (Teen Titans Go!) as executive producer. The series premieres in 2019.

Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs!

Yabba-Dabba-Doo! Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm are back in this quarter-hour animated comedy series, Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs! Warner Bros. Animation takes you beyond Bedrock to The Crags, a vast land that is as dangerous and wild as the dinosaurs that inhabit it.

Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm-Bamm Rubble are two best friends, growing up in the prehistoric time when dinosaurs and giant beasts still walked the earth. But as exciting as that sounds, they live in peaceful, quiet old Bedrock, a modern domestic civilization similar to our own (but with stone cars that run on leg-power). That’s why whenever they get the chance, Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm and Dino head to the open wilderness, helping new friends, fighting new enemies and learning about life through their endless crazy adventures. Back in Bedrock, Fred, Wilma, Barney and Betty still enjoy all the familiar quirks and trappings of life as a modern Stone Age family not knowing all the trouble (and fun!) their kids are getting themselves into.

Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs! is produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Mark Marek (MAD) and Marly Halpern-Graser (Right Now Kapow) serve as producer with Sam Register (Teen Titans Go!) as executive producer. The series premieres in 2019.

Returning Original Series:

Be Cool Scooby-Doo!
Boomerang will continue to premiere new season two episodes through 2018.

With high school over and one last summer to live it up, Shaggy, Scooby-Doo, Velma, Daphne and Fred decide to travel during what could be their last summer break together. The gang hits the road in the Mystery Machine, chasing fun and adventure. However, danger and trouble are never too far behind as Scooby and the gang encounter new mysteries that may end up spoiling their fun.

Premiere episodes of this series have been available on the service since Boomerang’s launch and season two will continue through 2018 with a newly greenlit season three following in 2019.

The Monroe family homestead and its two resident pets, droll dog Harold and hyperactive feline Chester, are thrown into a tizzy by the arrival of a new creature, Bunnicula – a vampire rabbit with a taste for carrot juice – that drags them into a variety of paranormal adventures.

This new and original series had its worldwide premiere on Boomerang last June and will kick off season two with a Memorial Day movie special. Season two premiere episodes will continue into 2019.

After the Wicked Witch of the West’s defeat, Queen Ozma has appointed Dorothy the Princess of Emerald City. With her feet firmly grounded in her ruby slippers, Dorothy tackles her royal duties with enthusiasm, bravery and farm girl feistiness. And whether it’s magic, munchkins, flying monkeys or her arch-nemesis Wilhelmina, the wicked witch in training and niece of the Wicked Witch of the West, Dorothy is ready to track down and put a stop to any problem that comes Oz’s way.

Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz is produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Jeff DeGrandis serves as producer (Dinotrux) with Sam Register (Teen Titans Go!) as executive producer.

New Looney Tunes

Boomerang premiered season two earlier this year and new episodes will continue to be added to the service through 2019.

The hilarious, heroic and mischievous Bugs Bunny you love is back! Follow Bugs as he stars in a new series consisting of slapstick comedic shorts that find the iconic, carrot-loving rabbit matching his wits against classic characters, such as Theodore “Tasmanian” Devil, Wile E. Coyote and Yosemite Sam.

As season two premiere episodes continue through 2018, season three has been greenlit and will come to Boomerang in 2019.

The iconic cat and mouse rivals are back and up to their old antics in a new setting that puts a fresh spin on the classic series. Follow Tom and Jerry as they explore fantastic new places, including a witch’s cabin and a mad scientist’s lab, in The Tom and Jerry Show.

Preserving the look, characters and sensibility of the original, this series shines a brightly colored, high-definition lens on the madcap slapstick and never-ending battle that has made Tom and Jerry two of the most beloved characters of all time.

The Tom & Jerry Show is produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Ashley Postlewaite (Funny Face) and Darrell Van Citters (The Mr. Men Show) serve as producers with Sam Register (Teen Titans Go!) as executive producer.

Wacky Races

Premiering on Boomerang last summer, this new and reimagined series has received a Season two pick-up and will premiere later in 2018.

When the engines start, the laughter roars in this animated comedy series featuring the return of your favorite racers and, of course, their wacky cars! Penelope Pitstop in the Compact Pussycat is the sassy Southern bell whose charm and intelligence make her a formidable racer but most of the time she’s taking a detour to save the other racers. Penelope’s best friend, Peter Perfect in the Turbo Terrific, has a big heart and an even bigger ego, which fuels his super positive can-do attitude. Meanwhile, in the Mean Machine, Dick Dastardly and his accomplice, Muttley, stop at nothing to win the race by any means necessary. And if it’s bizarre, creepy, slimy or just plain weird, The Gruesome Twosome, Tiny and Bella, are either related to it or keep it in their monster truck, the Doombuggy.

Acquisitions:

Wind in the Willows

Based on the classic novel, this new, original animated series from UK distributor HoHo Rights will be available exclusively in the U.S. on Boomerang in 2019.

Part of Britain’s great literary heritage, Wind in the Willows was first published in 1908 and the riverside adventures of Mole, Rat and Toad have been enchanting children ever since. Harking back to a gentler era of altruism, good manners, community and citizenship, the values in The Wind in the Willows continue to endure.

In addition to the multiple new premiere series coming to Boomerang in 2018, the service will also continue to enhance the consumer experience through various new product offerings.

Product / New Platforms:

Spanish language: Coming this Memorial Day Weekend, Boomerang will launch a full Spanish language experience for its users.

Profiles & Personalization: Giving families and individual fans the ability to personalize their Boomerang experience through avatar creation and show discovery.

User Created Playlists and Interactivity: Users will have the ability to create and share playlists featuring their personal cartoon favorites along with other features under development aimed at elevating interaction with Boomerang’s beloved characters.

Universal Search: Available on Thursday May 24th across Roku, Amazon and Apple, Universal Search will easily allow animation fans to find Boomerang content when searching their favorite animated series and characters. Universal Search on Google will be available later in the Summer.

New Platforms: Boomerang will be available via Android TV starting Memorial Day Weekend, with additional platforms to come by the end of the year.

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